President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the enlargement of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from three to five.
A presidency statement on Wednesday gave the five members of the committee as: Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, who is now the Acting Managing Director, replacing Barrister Joy Nunieh.
Other members are Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, Ag. Executive Director (Projects); Mr. Ibanga Bassey Etang, Ag. Executive Director (Finance and Administration); Mrs. Caroline Nagbo (Member); and Cecilia Bukola Akintomide, a former Vice President with African Development Bank, (Member).
Professor Pondei is a Professor of Medicine at the Niger Delta University, and former Provost, College of Health Sciences of the institution.
President Buhari had earlier approved that the Interim Management Committee would be in place till the forensic audit of the NDDC was concluded, Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, recalled in the statement.
